Los Alamos, NM (July 5, 2009) ..Project Manhattan launched the United States into the atomic age. Los Alamos was the main development center for the production of the world's first atomic bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The nuclear research done at Los Alamos made the bomb and atomic energy possible. Whether for good or evil the nuclear genie was let loose from the confines of eons of human history never to be restrained again. Since then many power stations have been built employing this technology and huge arsenals of highly destructive weapons have been built by the US and USSR. The bomb ended World War II but the future will determine if the work of Oppenheimer and his associates becomes a blessing or curse for mankind.
For more information about Los Alamos go to ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
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ReplyDeleteDid you know the campus where the Manhattan Project was developed was originally a boarding school for boys? It was simply usurpped (?) by the federal gov't when they wanted a secluded place to do their research and develop the first A-bomb. It's amazing that they made only 2 and they both worked! Marty